Improved hearse



@animi MNM-MI 51am lglatmntj @film JULIUS F. KINBACK, 'OF CARBONDALE, PENNSYLVANIA. l

Letters Patent No. 87 ,17 5, dated February 23, 1869.

4,The Schedule referred to n these Letters Patent and making part: of the same.

of Carbondale, county ot' Luzerne, and State ofPeun- Sylvania, have invented a new Mode of Receiving Outside, and Fastening Coins, and Placing same in Hear-se.

rlhe nature of my invention consists in a sliding' platform, A, to receive the coffin outside the body of the hearse, the platform having a tongue upon either side, inserted and working in a groove in the frame B, which is attached to hearse, upon platform, the slots D and thumb-screws Gmovable and accessible outside hearse.

To explain my invention, so that others may make and use my invention, l construct a frame of the size of inside of hea-rse, the sides of which are iron, brass, or other metal, malleable or cast, or of wood,'witl1 ends of wood, with grooves ruiming .through the entire length of inside of frame. This frame is permanently fixed to the hearse, by screws or otherwise.

I then construct my sliding plat-form to fit the frame, with a tongue upon either side, and inserted and moving in grooves of frame, or upon rollers or casters bneath.

Upon the face of platform., I have yslots D, and thumbscrews C, accessible outside, of thehearse, by means of which a con of anv size is easily and readily xed, and held in the exact position on the platform in which it is placed.

At the approach of bearers with coflin, I draw my sliding platform or receiver the required length from hearse, upon which the bearers place the con, which is fastened by the thumb-screws or otherwise, and the platform or receiver, with coffin, slid to its place.

The advantages of this platform are, the ease and celerity with which both bearers and undertaker can pertbrm their duties at church and grave, the rapidity with which it is fitted for the road, and its safety on its journey.

\Vhat I claim as my invention, is

The sliding platform or coffin-receiver A, Working outside of hearse, in combination with frame B, thumb-v screws C, and slots D, for working said platform or receiver, all constructed, arranged, and operated for the purposes set forth.

J. F. KINBAGK.

-Vitnesses THOMAS VOYLE, THoMAs EVANS. 

